Leo Shelton © from the recently released “RHYTHMS – Poetry and Muse”


Strawn across your oak sleigh bed
Butt naked in your splendor
Crusted love drains what moisture is left in my body
And highlights the glow of the sun

Butt naked for the entire world to see
My brown skin reflecting off your eyes
And the desire contained in your smile
I am bare and stripped
Of energy and of me
But naked for all the world to see

Sheets dancing with my toes
Pillows arching my back
Still feeling touched when your hands lay motionless
And your eyes flicking still
Like cameras

Butt naked copper brown me
Complimenting dark chocolate
Motionless moving hearts
Saying nothing, and everything
In a simple glare stolen away

Butt naked
Butt naked
Butt naked

And free.